TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
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“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
TheCollector
5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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TheCollector
Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
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These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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And Now for Something Completely Different.
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
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1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
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Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Art of the Hellenistic Period
TheCollector
The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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Hundred Rabbits
captain what is this
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
TheCollector
The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
TheCollector
Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
TheCollector
The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
7 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
TheCollector
Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
TheCollector
What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
2 months ago
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
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Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
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Is it good to question everything?
weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
TheCollector
Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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History Today Feed
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
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Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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What Is Populism?
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
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TheCollector
What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
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Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
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The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
TheCollector
Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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History Today Feed
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
TheCollector
How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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History Today Feed
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
a year ago
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
Flashbak
42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
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At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
TheCollector
Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
9 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
TheCollector
What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
7 months ago
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
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Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
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John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
TheCollector
Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
TheCollector
Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
TheCollector
What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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What Was Jim Crow?
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
TheCollector
Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
11 months ago
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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TheCollector
How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
7 months ago
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
TheCollector
New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
a year ago
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
TheCollector
Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Classical Wisdom
Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
TheCollector
Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
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The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
TheCollector
Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
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The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
TheCollector
Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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TheCollector
How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
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Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
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Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
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Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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7 African Myths About Animals
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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African History...
Join me on Notes
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
a year ago
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
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I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
a year ago
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
6 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
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The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
TheCollector
Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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How Did Socrates Die?
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The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
4 months ago
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
11 months ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
TheCollector
Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
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It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
a month ago
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
11 months ago
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
TheCollector
What Is Transcendentalism?
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Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
a week ago
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
History Today Feed
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
4 days ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
TheCollector
Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
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...and the feared Persian Army
TheCollector
What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
5 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
Flashbak
London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
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Animals of the Ancient World
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
TheCollector
Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
TheCollector
The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
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How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
2 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Hundred Rabbits
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
7 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
3 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
TheCollector
Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
2 months ago
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
Flashbak
Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
3 weeks ago
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
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